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Big Youth
perc, voc, *1949 JM, Trenchtown
Reggae
A.k.a. Manley Augustus Buchanan Jah Youth Manley Buchanan
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s.He commented, "Deejays were closest to the people because there wasn't any kind of establishment control on the sound systems".
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| From JA To UK / Love Is A Gamble | Big Youth | 2018 | Single |
| Siren / Dub Siren ANthem | Big Youth | 2018 | Single |
| Nico's Walk | Big Youth | 2017 | Single |
| Love Is The Light / All Nations Bow | Horace Andy / Big Youth | 2017 | Album |
| 2011 | Big Youth | 2017 | Single |
| Screaming Target (Higher Light Remix) + Dub | Big Youth | 2016 | Album |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | Twilight Circus Dub Sound System Featuring Big Youth | 2016 | Single |
| Wallace Inna Wallis Riddim | Sola Kamba With Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace / Big Youth / Cedric Myton / R. Zee Jackson / Sani Passenja | 2014 | Album |
| Mr. Right | Big Youth | 2013 | Single |
| Live Right | Big Youth & Tuff Scout All Stars | 2013 | Single |
| Medicine Doctor | Big Youth | 2013 | Single |
| Facts Of Life / Medicine Doctor | Big Youth | 2013 | Single |
| Bail Out | Big Youth | 2012 | Single |
| Traffic Jam | Big Youth | 2011 | Single |
| Beauty Queen | Big Youth / Barrington Levy | 2011 | Single |
| The Blue Riddim Band | Blue Riddim Band, Big Youth | 2011 | Album |
| Voice Of The People / Nancy Reagan | Big Youth / Blue Riddim Band | 2011 | Single |
| War | Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bruno Blum, Big Youth, Buffalo Bill | 2010 | Album |
| Marcus Garvey | Marcus Garvey / Spectacular / Big Youth / Bruno Blum | 2010 | Album |
| Do Da Day / So Many Rivers | Big Youth / King Prof | 2009 | Single |
| Honesty | Big Youth | 2008 | Single |
| Tippertone Rocking | Big Youth | 2008 | Single |
| Can You Keep A Secret / Melody Maker Version 2 | Big Youth / The Chuckles | 2008 | Single |
| My Time | Big Youth | 2008 | Single |
| Jahman Of Syreen / Hotter Fire | Big Youth | 2008 | Single |
| Hello Dere! / Give Me A Chance | Big Youth, Derajah | 2007 | Single |
| Tings Fren | Big Youth | 2007 | Single |
| Fisherman (Edit) / Feed A Nation | The Congos / Big Youth | 2006 | Single |
| Dread Locks Dread | Big Youth | 2006 | Single |
| Raw Truth Extended Play | Joseph Hill Featuring Big Youth And Daddy Rings | 2006 | Album |
| Lion's Den | Big Youth | 2005 | Album |
| Mr. Finigan | Big Youth & Niney The Observer | 2005 | Single |
| Musicology | Big Youth | 2005 | Album |
| Three Blind Mice | Big Youth | 2005 | Single |
| Bumpy Road | Big Youth | 2004 | Single |
| Good Old Dance Hall Vibes | Beres Hammond Feat. Big Youth | 2003 | Single |
| Aux Armes! / Aux Armes Dub | Serge Gainsbourg Feat. Big Youth / The Revolutionaries | 2003 | Single |
| Ride Like Lightning - The Best Of Big Youth 1972-1976 | Big Youth | 2002 | Compil. |
| Marcus Garvey | Marcus Garvey / Spectacular / Big Youth | 2002 | Album |
| The First Big Youth | Big Youth | 2002 | Single |
| Marcus Garvey | Big Youth | 2002 | Single |
| Waterhouse Rock | Big Youth | 2002 | Album |
| The Best Big Youth | Big Youth | 2002 | Single |
| We No Want No War | Big Youth | 2001 | Single |
| Where Rap Came From | Big Youth | 2001 | Single |
| Natty Universal Dread 1973-1979 | Big Youth | 2000 | Compil. |
| Tell It Black | Big Youth | 2000 | Compil. |
| Mr Man Deh | Big Youth | 2000 | Single |
| Jammin In The Dance Tonight | Big Youth | 1999 | Single |
| Satamatagauna | Big Youth | 1996 | Single |
| Natty Cultural Dread And Hit The Road Jack | Big Youth | 1995 | Compil. |
| Save The Children | Big Youth | 1995 | Album |
| Unification | Big Youth | 1995 | Album |
| Why Do The Eden Reign | Junior Reid & Big Youth | 1995 | Single |
| Leave Babylon And Come | Big Youth | 1995 | Single |
| Higher Grounds | Big Youth | 1995 | Album |
| Joe Gibbs Presents D.J. Originators Vol. 1 - Head To Head | Big Youth & Dillinger | 1995 | Compil. |
| Gun Fi Dump | Big Youth | 1994 | Single |
| Gway Mr. Wicked Man | Big Youth | 1994 | Single |
| Jah Judgement | Big Youth | 1993 | Album |
| Beat Down Babylon | Irie Darlings & Big Youth | 1993 | Single |
| A Reggae Collection | Big Youth | 1992 | Compil. |
| Famine In Somalia / Soul Rebel | Big Youth / Yeashkark | 1992 | Single |
| This Information | Big Youth & Jack Radics | 1992 | Single |
| Chanting | Big Youth | 1991 | Single |
| Dread In A Babylon / Dread Than Dread | Big Youth | 1991 | Single |
| Vision | Jack Miller With Sly & Robbie, Big Youth & Peter Tosh Band | 1990 | Album |
| Party | Big Youth & Junior Reid | 1989 | Single |
| Manifestation | Big Youth | 1988 | Album |
| Gunman Business | Big Youth | 1988 | Single |
| Look At The Trees / Can't Keep A Good Man Down | Junior Delgado / Big Youth | 1987 | Album |
| I Don't Know / New York City | White Mice / Big Youth | 1987 | Album |
| Trouble On The Road / Trouble | Big Youth, John Dread | 1987 | Single |
| Life Goes In Stages/Living Dub | Big Youth | 1986 | Single |
| A Luta Continua | Big Youth | 1985 | Album |
| Marcus Did Warn Them / When Jah Jah Come | Big Youth & Half Pint / Weedie Dread | 1984 | Album |
| Live At Reggae Sunsplash | Big Youth | 1984 | Album |
| No War In The Dance | Lloyd Parks & Big Youth | 1982 | Album |
| The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style | Big Youth | 1982 | Compil. |
| Some Great Big Youth | Big Youth | 1981 | Album |
| Chim Cherrie | Big Youth | 1980 | Single |
| Love Jah With All My Heart | Big Youth | 1980 | Single |
| The Best Big Youth / Zion Youth | Big Youth / Don Drummond Jr. | 1980 | Single |
| Everyday Skank (Best Of Big Youth) | Big Youth | 1980 | Compil. |
| Rock Holy | Big Youth | 1980 | Album |
| Best In The Country | Big Youth | 1979 | Single |
| Progress | Big Youth | 1979 | Album |
| Pride & Ambition | Leroy Smart, Big Youth | 1979 | Album |
| Peace At Last | Big Youth | 1979 | Album |
| Really Together / Let Him Try | Jackie Paris & Big Youth | 1979 | Album |
| Mind Blowing Decision / Head On Collision | Big Youth | 1979 | Single |
| Political Confusion | Big Youth | 1979 | Single |
| Spider Man Meet Hulk | Big Youth | 1979 | Single |
| Burn Fire / Hotter Fire | Big Youth / High Frequence | 1978 | Album |
| Greenbay Killing | Big Youth | 1978 | Single |
| Natty Dread She Wants / Marcus Garvey Dread | Big Youth | 1978 | Single |
| Strictly Rockers / No Entry | Big Youth / Augustus Pablo | 1978 | Album |
| Isaiah First Prophet Of Old | Big Youth | 1978 | Album |
| Whole Lotta Fire - Blowing Fire | Big Youth And The I Frequent, Zig Zag | 1978 | Album |
| Reggae Gi Dem Dub | Big Youth | 1978 | Album |
| Johnny Reggae | Big Youth / U-Roy | 1977 | Single |
| Marcus Garvey Dread/All Nations Bow | Big Youth | 1977 | Single |
| Reggae Phenomenon | Big Youth | 1977 | Album |
| Love Jah Jah Children | Big Youth | 1977 | Single |
| Four Sevens | Big Youth | 1977 | Single |
| 6 Dead Nineteen Gone To Jail / Head Line | Big Youth / Observer Allstars | 1977 | Single |
| The Upful One | Big Youth | 1977 | Single |
| Touch Me In The Morning | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Jim Squeachy | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Natty Cultural Dread | Big Youth | 1976 | Album |
| What's Going On / Ten Against One | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Get Up Stand Up | Dennis Brown & Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Hit The Road Jack | Big Youth | 1976 | Album |
| Big Youth Dread | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Natty Universal Dread | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Jah Jah Love Them / In The Oven Baking | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Miss Lou Ring-Ding | Big Youth | 1976 | Single |
| Battle Of The Giant | Big Youth - U-Roy | 1975 | Single |
| Some Like It Dread | Big Youth / The Groove Master | 1975 | Single |
| Jah Vengenace / Yabby Youth | Big Youth / Vivian Jackson | 1975 | Single |
| Keep Your Dread | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| House Of Dread Lacks / Tangle Lacks | Big Youth / The Groove Master | 1975 | Single |
| Woolf In Sheep Clothing | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| Natty Warning / Turn Around | Big Youth / Glen Adams | 1975 | Single |
| Town Without Pity / Sin & Shame | Big Youth / Prince Jazzbo | 1975 | Single |
| Dread Locks Dread Festival | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| Mosia Garvey | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| Ten Against One / Idi Amin | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| Natty Dread She Want / You Don't Care | Big Youth | 1975 | Single |
| Dread Locks Dread | Big Youth | 1975 | Album |
| Yabby Youth / Big Youth Fights Against Capitalist | Big Youth & Vivian Jackson / King Tubby | 1975 | Single |
| Knotty Dread No Jester | Big Youth & Carl Malcolm | 1975 | Single |
| Instant Coma / Can You Keep A Secret | Big Youth | 1974 | Single |
| Ride On, Ride On | Big Youth And Dennis Brown | 1974 | Single |
| I Pray Thee / Dredda Than Dread | Big Youth | 1974 | Single |
| I Pray Thee / I Pray Thee Continally | Big Youth | 1974 | Single |
| Hot Cross Bun / River Jordan | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Far Beyond The Blue / Things In Light | Lloyd Willacy / Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Sound Education / The Best Of Big Youth | I-Roy / Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Day Light Saving Time | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Can You Keep A Secret / Peter & Judas | Big Youth & Keith Hudson / Earl Flute & Horace Andy | 1973 | Single |
| Chuky No Lucky / Waterhouse Rock | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| JA To UK | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Medicine Doctor | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| A-So We Stay (Money In Hand) / Scar Face | Big Youth & Dennis Brown / Winston Scotland | 1973 | Single |
| Foreman Vs Frazier | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Down Town Kingston Pollution / Hot Stock | Big Youth With Gregory Isaacs - Leroy Sibbles | 1973 | Single |
| Road Jack | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Opportunity Rock / Dubble Atack | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Johnnie Reggae | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Screaming Target / Concrete Jungle | Big Youth With Simplicity People | 1973 | Single |
| Cassava Rock | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| I Pray Thee Continually / Dread In A Babylon | Big Youth | 1973 | Single |
| Dock Of The Bay / Bass & Drum Version | Big Youth / The Crystalites | 1973 | Single |
| Ace Ninety Skank / True True To My Heart | Big Youth / Keith Hudson | 1972 | Single |
| The Killer | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Cain And Able / Revelution Rock | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Cassava Rock | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Ace Ninety Skank / Light Of Day | Big Youth / Keith Hudson | 1972 | Single |
| Tippertone Rocking | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Crummy People / Moving (Version) | The Upsetters / Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Chi Chi Run | Big Youth | 1972 | Album |
| For Your Love / Leave Your Skeng | John Holt / Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Leave Your Skeng | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Tippertone Rocking | Big Youth, Old Boys Inc. | 1972 | Single |
| Movie Man | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Cool Breeze | Big Youth | 1972 | Single |
| Chi Chi Run | Big Youth And Prince Buster's All Stars | 1972 | Single |
| Screaming Target | Big Youth | 1972 | Album |
| The Best Big Youth / Black Cinderella (Organ Version) | Big Youth / Tyrone Downie | 1972 | Single |
| All Nation Bow / Jah Made Dem All | Big Youth, Yami Bolo | Single | |
| Johnny Reggae / Episode Three | Big Youth | Single | |
| African Daughter | Big Youth | Single | |
| People Get Ready (Remix) | Andrew Bees / Big Youth | Single | |
| Four Sevens | Big Youth | Single | |
| Big Score | Big Youth | Single | |
| Tell It Black | Big Youth | Single | |
| The Best Big Youth - Cinderella In Black | Big Youth, Augustus Pablo | Single | |
| My Time | Big Youth | Single | |
| Tell It Black / Psalm 121 | Big Youth / Jah Woosh | Single | |
| Mammy Hot & Daddy Cold | Big Youth | Single | |
| Roots Foundation | Big Youth | Single | |
| Lightning Flash ( Weak Heart Drop ) | Big Youth | Single | |
| Mind Blowing / No To Drugs | Big Youth, Bobo General | Album | |
| Blues / ABC | Baba Brooks / Big Youth | Single | |
| River Boat / Black River Rock | Big Youth | Single | |
| Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop) | Big Youth | Single | |
| Natty Dread A Wah The Young Girl Want | Big Youth | Single | |
| Natty Dread She Want | Big Youth | Single | |
| Speng One | Big Youth | Single | |
| Dubble Attack | Big Youth, Glen Brown | Single | |
| Mummy Hot & Daddy Cold / Dread Like It Dub | Big Youth | Single | |
| The Twenty Third Psalm | Jooks & Big Youth | Single | |
| Town Without Pity | Big Youth | Single | |
| Wrongs | Yami Bolo feat Big Youth | Single | |
| Pope Paul Feel It | Big Youth | Single | |
| Pride & Joy Rock / Version | Big Youth | Single | |
| A So We Stay | Big Youth | Single | |
| Ride On My Brother / Wild Goose | Dennis Brown / Big Youth | Album | |
| Children. Children / Mr. Buddy | Big Youth | Single | |
| Love In The Neighborhood | Big Youth | Single | |
| Wild Goose Chase | Dennis Brown & Big Youth | Single | |
| Every Nigger Is A Star | Big Youth & I Threes | Single | |
| Things Friend | Big Youth | Single | |
| Moving Version | Big Youth | Single | |
| Spanking Ranking | Big Youth | Single | |
| Jah Golden Jubilee | Big Youth | Single | |
| In His Own Way | Big Youth And Dennis Brown | Album | |
| Streets In Africa | Big Youth | Single | |
| My Heart Is Bleeding / Boom Work | Gregory Isaacs / Big Youth | Album | |
| Sugar-Sugar | Big Youth & Junior Byles | Single | |
| Testify | Big Youth | Single | |
| Natty No Jester / Last Of The Jestering | Big Youth / 'Chicago' Steve | Single | |
| Equal Rights Style / Justice & Rights | Dennis Brown & Big Youth / Joe Gibbs & The Professionals | Album | |
| The Great Roy Shirley / Johnny Reggae | Roy Shirley / Big Youth | Single | |
| Natty Dread She Want | Big Youth | Single | |
| Marcus Did Warn Them | Big Youth / Half Pint | Single | |
| No Way To Treat A Lady | Big Youth | Single | |
| Give Thanks | Big Youth | Single | |
| Sky Juice | Big Youth | Single | |
| Runing Up And Down | Dennis Brown & Big Youth | Album | |
| Thank The Lord / Craven Version Do Good | Bob Marley & The Wailers / Big Youth | Single | |
| Conqueror | Big Youth | Single | |
| Cant Take Wah Happen On A West | Big Youth | Single | |
| Phill Pratt Thing | Big Youth | Single | |
| Notty No Jester | Big Youth | Single | |
| Jah Judgement | Big Youth | Single | |
| Hell & Sorrow / Tribulation | Hortense Ellis / Big Youth | Single | |
| Facts Of Life / ABC | Big Youth / The Gaytones | Single | |
| All Nation Bow | Big Youth | Single | |
| African Daughter / Hell Is For Heroes | Big Youth | Single | |
| Take It Easy / Happy Birthday | L M J & King Prof / Big Youth | Single | |
| Give Thanks / Mystic Vibration | Big Youth / Mike Brooks | Album | |
| Who Killed The Prophets / Monkey Chop | Dan-I & Big Youth | Album | |
| Ace Ninety Skank / Big Bad Boy | Big Youth / Alton Ellis | Single | |
| Feed The Nation | Big Youth | Single | |
| Dreamland / Moving On | U-Roy & The Upsetters / Big Youth | Single | |
| Mama Look / Papa Was A Rolling Stone | Big Youth | Single | |
| What's Going On? / Wake Up Everybody | Big Youth | Single | |
| Leggo Beast / Leave Your Skeng | Big Youth | Single | |
| Leggo Beast | Big Youth / Prince Buster's All Stars | Single | |
| Strictly Rockers | Big Youth | Album | |
| Mr Finnigan | Big Youth | Single | |
| The Great Roy Shirley / Johnny Reggae / Buck And The Preacher | Roy Shirley, Big Youth, Roy Samuel Reid | Album | |
| Instant Replay | Big Youth | Single | |
| Warn Them | Big Youth | Single | |
| Black Magic Woman / Sweat For You Baby | Dennis Brown, Big Youth / Leroy Sibbles And The Heptones, U-Roy | Album | |
| Medecine Dr. | Big Youth, The Gaytones | Single | |
| The Big Fight | Big Youth | Single |
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